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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|June 1, 2002}}
 
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{{Series|Dark Fall}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{GOG.com links|dark_fall_the_journal|dark_fall_series|for game series}}
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==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| GamersGate | dark-fall-the-journal | Steam | | | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| Humble | dark-fall-the-journal | Steam | | | Windows }}
 
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{{Availability/row| Steam | 260690 | Steam | | | Windows }}
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
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==Video settings==
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{{Video settings
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|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|120 fps notes              =  
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|color blind                = unknown
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Input settings
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|key remap notes          =  
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|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
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|controller support        = unknown
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
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|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
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|button prompts notes     =  
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|light bar support        = unknown
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|light bar support notes  =
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|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
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|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
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|steam cursor detection    = unknown
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|steam cursor detection notes =  
 
}}
 
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==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
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|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
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|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
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|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
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}}
 
}}
 
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|metal support          =  
 
|metal support          =  
 
|metal support notes    =  
 
|metal support notes    =  
|vulkan support        =  
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|dos modes notes        =  
 
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
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}}
 
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
|minOS    = XP, Vista
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|minOS    = 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP<br />XP, Vista (Steam)
|minCPU  = 1 GHz
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|minCPU  = Intel Pentium 233 MHz
|minRAM  = 256 MB
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|minCPU2  = 1 GHz (Steam)
|minGPU  =  
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|minRAM  = 32 MB<br />256 MB (Steam)
|minDX    = 9
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|recCPU  = 1.4 GHz
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{{References}}
 
{{References}}

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Dark Fall: The Journal
Dark Fall: The Journal cover
Developers
XXv Productions
Publishers
Nordic Games
Release dates
Windows June 1, 2002
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series Dark Fall
Dark Fall: The Journal on HowLongToBeat
Dark Fall: The Journal on IGDB
Dark Fall: The Journal on MobyGames
Dark Fall: The Journal on Wikipedia
Dark Fall
Dark Fall: The Journal 2002
Dark Fall II: Lights Out 2004
Dark Fall 3: Lost Souls 2009
Dark Fall: Ghost Vigil 2020

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260690/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260690/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Press f1
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only; download for digital releases.
Russian
Retail and GOG.com only.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP
XP, Vista (Steam)
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 233 MHz
1 GHz (Steam)
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
256 MB (Steam)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 3D Graphics Card
DirectX 9 (Steam) compatible


Notes

  1. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References